Dear Editor,
The Opposition leader continues his political rants about how the Government lacks leadership and a clear vision for Jamaica. He speaks of himself as being a transformational leader in order to try to win over the hearts of Jamaicans but, in my view, he is nothing but a young, tribal politician who is finally revealing his true colours.
All of a sudden he can address pressing issues frontally and not beat around the bush and also 'talk up' to the prime minister. It seems as if Audley Shaw's challenge has awoken him from his slumber and has given him a voice.
Over the weekend, he warned his supporters in Westmoreland about not believing in the "false prophets" who had promised them oxtail, curried goat, and an IMF agreement within two weeks. But Holness fell short of telling the people exactly why we are experiencing the "bitter medicine" he had forecasted. It wasn't due to any failed policies of the now PNP Government, but that of the JLP.
Must I remind him that the Government that he led abandoned the Stand-by Agreement with the IMF to prepare for upcoming elections? Putting well-needed reforms and multilateral trust, which would have advanced the country's ability to achieve sustainable growth and development, on the back burner. It was his Government that mismanaged State-owned resources and planned a massive lay-off in the public sector.
That isn't transformational leadership; it's more like partisan politics. Holness needs to acquire a dictionary and find out what is the true meaning of a transformational leader, because he certainly isn't one. The Jamaican people need to wise up and not allow certain people in society to make fools of them.
Shemar Barnes
shem_scb@yahoo.com
Holness is no transformational leader
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The Opposition leader continues his political rants about how the Government lacks leadership and a clear vision for Jamaica. He speaks of himself as being a transformational leader in order to try to win over the hearts of Jamaicans but, in my view, he is nothing but a young, tribal politician who is finally revealing his true colours.
All of a sudden he can address pressing issues frontally and not beat around the bush and also 'talk up' to the prime minister. It seems as if Audley Shaw's challenge has awoken him from his slumber and has given him a voice.
Over the weekend, he warned his supporters in Westmoreland about not believing in the "false prophets" who had promised them oxtail, curried goat, and an IMF agreement within two weeks. But Holness fell short of telling the people exactly why we are experiencing the "bitter medicine" he had forecasted. It wasn't due to any failed policies of the now PNP Government, but that of the JLP.
Must I remind him that the Government that he led abandoned the Stand-by Agreement with the IMF to prepare for upcoming elections? Putting well-needed reforms and multilateral trust, which would have advanced the country's ability to achieve sustainable growth and development, on the back burner. It was his Government that mismanaged State-owned resources and planned a massive lay-off in the public sector.
That isn't transformational leadership; it's more like partisan politics. Holness needs to acquire a dictionary and find out what is the true meaning of a transformational leader, because he certainly isn't one. The Jamaican people need to wise up and not allow certain people in society to make fools of them.
Shemar Barnes
shem_scb@yahoo.com
Holness is no transformational leader
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